Hello! My husband and I are now out of the Army and proud parents of 8 kids. They are lots of fun and not chaotic as people tend to think. Having a large family and myself being diabetic and allergic to MSG I tend to be a frugal grocery shopper. My usual bill per month averages just under $500.00.

My favorite things to cook

I actually like baking cookies and cakes (I really don't like sweets). Also, I love skimming on this site to see what I can make that is new for the family. Don't want to bore the family with the same old recipes over and over again.

My favorite family cooking traditions

Sunday dinners are very important. That is a day that nobody works, goes to school or anything. The rest of the week for our family is super busy.

My cooking triumphs

My first wedding cake I made for a couple. It was nerve wrecking but I succeeded!

I took the chance to try to make homemade cranberry sauce and found this recipe. It was outstanding! Since I am diabetic, just for myself, I will cut down the sugar just a bit but I still LOVED it! Thank you for sharing!

I have never like meatloaf but decided to make this recipe for my family and it was wonderful! Only thing different I did was sautee the sweet onions and the rest of the recipe was followed to the "T". Since it was a big hit I have to double the recipe for the family!